Characteristics of CRRP from the Capacity Building Series 

When  I  first studied about Culturally Relevant and Responsive Pedagogy (CRRP) in York University, I immediately felt connected to it.  CRRP focuses on knowing learners in a space, knowing communities and bringing their culture and knowledge in our classrooms. As a culturally responsive educator, I understand that 

• it is important to have socio-cultural consciousness and therefore, reflect on our biases.

• having high expectations from all students in the class increases performance of all students because they see that the teacher holds positive and affirming views about them.

• being an agent of social change can make difference in the life of students who have always remained at low level of achievement charts.

• having a constructivist approach promotes inquiry based learning because it builds on students creating new knowledge based on their natural curiosity about their own experiences.

•  it is important to have deep knowledge of the students by building strong relationship with the students' families.

• students should see themselves in the learning happening at school which is achieved by bringing CRRP teaching strategies in the learning environment.